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You may have shone in '06, but your Net worth didn't rise
Today's poser: Which came first, Time's decision to name "You" its Person of the Year, or the magazine's realization that it could put a mirror on its cover?
The year in culture: 2006 will be surprises, artistic twists
Screenwriter William Goldman once wrote that the most important thing to remember about Hollywood was that ''nobody knows anything.'' That's also the most important thing to remember about the world of arts and culture in 2006: Everything you knew, or thought you knew, was probably wrong.
School bus crashes into car
By Gina Gallucci News-Post Staff KEMPTOWN -- A 73-year-old Mount Airy woman was in serious condition Tuesday night at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore after her sport utility vehicle was struck from behind by a Frederick County Public Schools bus Tuesday afternoon.
An appeal to conscience in Daegu
Hoping to reduce the amount of littering in a section of Daegu, the city is making a unique appeal: to the consciences of their residents. The Seo District Office in the city plans to install a round convex mirror on a post on Feb. 1 at the 17 worst littering spots in the district.

School bus, truck come close to colliding
A school bus and a tractor-trailer had a close encounter in Galway-Cavendish-Harvey Township late Tuesday afternoon. Peterborough County OPP say the tractor-trailer lost its driver's side mirror and the bus lost its left side mirror when the two clipped each other on County Road 507 at around 4 p.m.
Culture Minister trying to restore order in new post
I want people to know who theyre voting for. Thats how I am; thats how I want people to see me. When I look in the mirror I want to be okay with myself, Culture Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis told Kathimerini in a frank, wide-ranging interview.
Oscars best actress race a battle of the oldies?
After overlooking women older than 50 for nearly two decades, the best actress race for Oscars gold is set to be a contest between three veteran stars known as the "silver foxes."
Can Red Wine Help You Live Forever?
If you haven't heard of resveratrol, you're probably too young to have had the experience of gazing in the bathroom mirror in the morning and thinking, "damn."
Apprentice geisha opens online window to secretive world
Ichimame's life is already an endless blur of parties, visits to the hairdresser, kimono fittings, lessons in traditional dance, music and tea ceremony, and countless hours in front of the mirror painting her face chalk white and her lips impossibly red.
VOICE OF THE DAILY Mirror: Starved of Dignity
THE starving of pensioners in our hospitals is not just a disgrace but a scandal. One scoop of mashed potato is not fit for a prisoner, let alone an elderly patient we are supposed to be looking after in a flagship public service.
No sure winner in managed vs. mirror funds
NEW YORK - To some it is a rivalry for the ages, akin to the one shared by the Yankees and the Red Sox or those who debate whether their beer's most important attribute is that it tastes great or is less filling.
Post reportedly wants Trib stake
Another published report has the owner of the New York Post making eyes at Newsday. The Financial Times said on its Web site yesterday that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has teamed with California's Chandler family to bid for Tribune Co., Newsday's parent.
Accident victim aspired to be an actress
When Kayla Miller got a digital camera for her 13th birthday, her mother said, it was the start of something she'd become known for taking photos of herself.

Artists Caught in the Act
New York Times - On the wall is a veritable catalog of pictorial idioms and cultural influences: a cluster of small contemporary paintings, a Japanese hanging scroll (and small parasol) and a convex mirror whose reflection has a dark, old masterish mien. As with the
The Legion hosts Claude, the versatile painter whose landscapes
San Francisco Gate - Artists and travelers of the 18th century occasionally carried something called a Claude glass, a blackened convex mirror purported to confer the atmospheric look of the master's painting on a landscape reflected in it. Art historians still speak
Hyundai's Entourage minivan is pricey but has some thoughtful touches
Summit Daily News - The Entourage comes with a standard "conversation mirror" - a convex mirror above the rear-view mirror that helps the driver see what rear passengers are doing without having to turn around. This was first introduced in Ford's Windstar minivan years
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24 Hour Museum - Stalls will range from etcha-sketch, body painting, freaky vegetable peep-shows and a tombola with the chance to win a signed convex mirror designed by Sebastian Wrong for Established and Sons. The fete is unticketed and free. More details at www.vam